Calling card, "Dear Friend, I am not here to pick anyone up...", Adrian Piper

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born 1948
Calling card, "Dear Friend, I am not here to pick anyone up...", circa 2001
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: offset lithograph; card stock; wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 51 x 89 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 14 x 11 in
Credit line: Gift of Andrea S. Norris
Accession number: 2002.0049
Not on display

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Exhibition Label: "Printed Art and Social Radicalism," Jun-2002, Stephen Goddard Most of Piper's work has been in the area of performance art and photography, media she uses to explore issues of identity. Piper, a light-skinned African-American woman, had these cards printed to offer to individuals who made assumptions about her identity. One was given to individuals who, assuming she was white, did not hesitate to make racist remarks about Blacks in her presence. The other card was to be given to individuals who assumed that she was sexually available because she was unaccompanied.